Re: Wow... Windows... Looking for definitive answer
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 14:56:19 -0500
jamieduncan66
I'm an old Mac/Linux person, and I'm used to computers doing what
I ask them to and not being rude about it. So much for that! For
reasons defying explanation here, I am now running a desktop and a
laptop with Windows XP Pro. The desktop is the machine in
question with SP2 "properly installed" per the little Update
wizard genie.
The machine is an HP-Compaq, 2.53 ghz P4. I have the proper OS
disk provided by HP.
My problem:
I want to install IIS. When I go to do this through the Control
Panels (or through the CD autostart menu) it starts to copy the
files and then says to install the cd b/c it can't find a file. I
browse to that folder and lo and behold, THERE'S THE FILE IT'S
LOOKING FOR. It doesn't care, apparently that's not the one it
wants.
So I download Nlite (per some discussion board researd), and I
stripsleam in SP2 (the entire 266 MB download!). Thinking my
problem is solved, and I can install IIS and get on with my life,
I make a cd. It appears to work perfectly.
I ask it to install IIS (very nicely I might add)...
EXACT SAME PROBLEM.
OK, so what's the deal here? I've been out of the Microsoft loop
for too long to troubleshoot ignorance at this level. Can someone
up to date on this stuff give me a hand?
Thanks!!
Donald McDaniel wrote:
I have been told (more than once) by so-called MVPs, that IIS can
only be installed in XP Professional. If your HP-Compaq OEM of XP
is Home Edition, you will not be able to install IIS. This may be
because Home Edition is unable to join a domain. Or it may be some
other reason.
First off - what does XP Home have to do with this thread? Third sentence
says, "... I am now running a desktop and a laptop with Windows XP Pro..."
That pretty much eliminates the need for any discussion about Windows XP
Home Edition in this thread.
Secondly - a simple google search will show that the answer to the "Can I
install IIS on Windows XP Home Edition" is actually no.. with caveats. In
fact I answered this question for someone in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general 3 days ago.. with:
-----
A *sure* way? No.
You could use some other web server software - but IIS is a "professional"
product.. Available on Windows XP Professional and Windows server products.
It is *not* available for Windows XP Home Edition.
You can try one of the many sites (Google is great - should try it!) that
claim to have the answer you seek, for example:
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020118.htm
or
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Q_20844896.html
Otherwise, you could use something like Apache or one of the many other web
servers out there. Last I read, Apache did not DIRECTLY support ASP, but
with the correct "add-on", it supports it as well as IIS.
ChiliASP
http://wwws.sun.com/software/chilisoft/index.html
Apache::ASP
http://www.apache-asp.org/
mod_mono
http://go-mono.com/archive/xsp-0.10.html
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So, the complete answer for your complaint/issue (that you included in this
thread for some reason) is the above. It really has nothing to do with its
ability to join a domain. It's just a limitation of Windows XP Home.
--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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